High-Tech Printing Company Expanding in North Carolina
DNP IMS America Corp., a printing technology company, is expanding its operations in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Gov. Bev Perdue announced Wednesday the company plans…
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Report: Holiday Hiring Likely to Increase
A report by human resources consultancy Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc. reveals holiday hiring at retail outlets is likely to increase. According to the study,…
Elias/Savion Advertising, Inc. Recipient of Four 2010 American Graphic Design Awards
Elias/Savion Advertising, Inc., a full-service marketing, public relations, private broadcasting and interactive services firm located in Pittsburgh, PA, is the recipient of four 2010 American…
Wind Turbine Plant Reopening in Wisconsin
Wausaukee Composites is bringing 200 manufacturing jobs to Cuba City, Wis. The company said Thursday it is reopening its plant in the small community that…
Initial Unemployment Claims Rise Unexpectedly
New claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week by 12,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 465,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The increase in jobless claims…
Unemployment and the Small Business Jobs Act
The Small Business Jobs Act is set to pass the House after having passed the Senate. There are some unprecedented benefits and tax cuts for small businesses and start-up companies that are hard to ignore. The focus of the Small Business Jobs Act is more on increasing entrepreneurship and making things easy for small business owners. There is no doubt that it will lead to increase in self-employment or attempts at self-employment, for the benefits of going into small business right now are many.
It’s Good to Complete Higher Education before Jumping for Jobs
Not everybody has the opportunity, or can afford to go for higher education, however, if your situation allows it, then passing up higher education for a job right now can be a mistake. While no theories are universal in application and nobody can foretell your personal future, life remains a game of chances, and all of us use statistics to calculate the probabilities of success of our chosen course of action.
The Best Way to Prepare for a Job Search and Interviews
Several years ago when looking for a position in Los Angeles I interviewed with numerous law firms. In virtually every one of these interviews I ran across an attorney who knew not one, not two, not three-but numerous, numerous attorneys in my current firm. If this is the case in a market the size of Los Angeles (and the market in Los Angeles is huge), I cannot even imagine what it must be like in smaller markets. For example, I am from Detroit. I grew up in a suburb of Detroit. When it came time for me to decide where to work in law school, when I started interviewing with firms in Detroit I knew many of the attorneys before I even arrived at the interviews-they were the parents of people I grew up with.
Abbot Laboratories Shedding 3,000 Jobs
Abbot Laboratories, which has a workforce of nearly 90,000, plans to eliminate 3,000 jobs over the next two years as it brings on its recently…
Cessna Aircraft Cutting 700 More Jobs
Cessna Aircraft is eliminating 700 jobs, the company said Tuesday. According to a report from the Associated Press, the layoffs are the result of Cessna…